PINES PLANNERS OK CENTER

The Planning and Zoning Board on Thursday approved a plan for a 3.7-acre shopping center at the northwest corner of Pembroke and Douglas roads provided the developer gives the city $60,000 as a recreational impact fee.

A city ordinance requires developers to donate to the city either 6 percent of their land or 6 percent of the appraised value of the land for recreational purposes.

The land where the shopping center will be built is worth aproximately $1 million, according to city planners.

The shopping center, to be composed of 21 stores including a grocery store, is scheduled to open in about a year, Stolar said.